One Cent.
111:.er - nonivALK- GAZETTE.
One Cent.
Absolutely .Indrpcmlcnt.
JAN U TRY "0 lS‘ll.
TUE? ),DAY
More .In’. 11’. Sal'wnu'nu.
The reported scheme of con. soli 1:11—
ting the New England and the Consol-
idated 1'o adsis c111pl1aticall y and spec Ii-
cally denied by President 01-211 1:. So
it turns out that the Housatonic and
the New England will ask leave to con—
solidate says the Con 'ant, and this has
interest especially to the public in the
guesses it invites as to which will wag,
the tail. 01' the dog, and which of the
two will be the dog. It is currently
supposed that the Ste phenson- House.-
tonic policy 1s of one type and the New
England policy of another, and
whether Stephenson under the: com-
bine would “boss the ranch” is what
the people want to know. . The boom
in New England, due to the reports of
consoldation with the lie .. Haven road,
is said to have come at a most unfortu-
nate time for some very nice folks who
had been selling New England stocl':
short on the belieft but no consolida-
tion was coming. And the rumor, or
the locking up of stock, or something
else, has shot the price up about 5
points in three daf's anl th 'v den" 1;
like it for a cent.” and considei rablv
more Apparently they are \xpo—
riencin'r that phase of lVall strcet sport
call ed bei ng twisted.
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Twenty - four railw 21' companies,
representing 3,825} miles of road, w cut
to forcesale last year in the United
States, according to the 13:1 111 21" have
and :31; companies, 13 :11). mt
3.000 miles of road an: 510:” 5000,—
000 of securities. became insolv cut and
1.3 puti :11 the hands of
is not quite up to the
but it is lare'e enmigh
nlcnt of
represeu I"~
ove1
their prepertv w:
receivers. This
record’of 18255)
to n ' ea queer 1001: to the 5 ate
the .1tt:,:r11ey -gene1..l of Ilebraska, that
the 'ailroads are undu‘y fattening at
the expense of the ieople. The mana—
glrs are undoubtedly gettinj?‘ fat, but
1’: the expense of the share holders
the shi ppcrs.
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rather than :'I
«Gr-org" Ilium-ruff,
”I was trained.” he wrote in lti'Jil to
a friend, “to lool: upon 1.311: ‘1 ere
as- u. season for labor. Being more the.
the time
four—score years old, I know
of myrelezse will soon Co.-11e. Lion—
scious of being near th :time of eter—
nity. I await, impatience and
with: :ut
without dread, the beckoning
hand which will summon me to
The hand has beckoned at last.
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American Wealth.
Not greater th in the wealth of America
was the fabled wealth of the Indies There
a thousand Americans worth $1,000,000
or more. Theie are at least five Amer-
icans richer than Croesus of song and story.
The wealth of: the Duke of \Vcstminster,
whose fortune is the greatest in Europe, is
at a careful cstima .e £10,000,000, or $50,000,-
000, and it is the accumulation of along
ancestry. Most of the American fortunes
are the accumulation of a single genera-
tion.
The aggregate wee lth of the Rothschilds
reaches nearly $1, 000, 0-30, 000, but it is dis-
tributed among,r so many teat 110 individual
Rothschild is worth over $0,000,000. The
'\"an::le1bilt family we ealth foets up nearly
83:10, 000, 0 ’l0 and; 5held 1n comparatively
few halids. The: e are scores of Americans
who are richert tnuu any ruling,r monarch
of the eastern hemisphere. The incomes
of many monarchs are large, but they are
derived from the civil lists of the countries
ove r whic .1 they hold sw: :y and do not rep—
resent the: recretiensof me ir own fortunes
As a people the Aincr' lCllllS are the rich-
est in the world. Money is more easily ac-
quired here than anywhere else, and it is
likewise more liberally spent. \Vhat are
considered moderate fortunes here are in
other lands regarded (1:5 stupeudou ' aggre—
gations of wealth. There are no such op—
portunities of making money i.. other
countries as in this, and therefore it may
be expected that the number of Armrican
millionaires will be multiplied and the
fortunes of the present millionaires dou-
bled, tripled and quadrupled within the
next tw 0 decades.—\ cw Y rk W'orld.
The test and Truest Americans.
It is evident that the makersof America
belong to the middle ranks of society, and
that here is the center of our hopes in re-
gard to the nation. The rich families
cannot be large in number with us, nor
(an they m. intain in successive genera-
tions their hereditarv prestige.
broke up the old order of things at the
south, and the fact that at the north there
is no room for the man who is simplyu
gentleman of leisure has prevented the
people who represent social distinction
from taking an active part in the legisla—
tive life of the country. The old families
l1: use less influence today than they ever
had, and the leaders in legislation in the
professions, in makinrr and guidinfr public
opinion, and in contributinz to the pros-
perity of the country are, for the most
part, men who have come from the encr-
getic middle class families everywhere.
These are the men who have derived most
benefit from our institutions and best un-
derstand how they are to be still further
developed. \Ve do not care how rich a man
is, nor who his grandfather was, but we ask
what his capacity may be and what his vir-
tues are, and we give him our confidence
chiefly on the basis of what he is and what
he can do. This current opinion as to what
constitutes family excellence has a wonder-
ful effect in the shaping of American fami-
lies. If the making of money is the ambi-
tion of most Americans, there is a second—
ary ambition that concentrates itself in the
integrity and purity and strength of the
homes of honest and industrious and intel-
ligent people—Boston Herald.
The accumulations of the Dead Letter
Office are a constant; proof of the lament—
able ignorance that prevails relative to the
postal laws. The p ickagcs'of umuailable
matter, the documents with short postage,
the misdirected letters. the attempts to
Smugglc goods in the mails, all show how
much time, t1 oublc and expense is lost to
those who fail to obtain information which
can easily be procured.
The war '
UllllNEt‘lltU‘l’S tlllSl
Will There Exist Two Conflictin 11g
, State Governments?
TEE DILEMMA 11: THE HOUSE
It Is a Perplexing One for the Repub-
licans, and Their Course Is Lwcucd
Forward to with the Keenost Anyp-
ioty All Over the State.
NEW HAVEN, Jan. 20.—Tuesday and
\Vednesday it is expected the dispute over
the governorship in this state will reach a
f ens, and by Thursday or Friday (perhaps
earlier), we shall know whether we are to
have two state governments, in constant
and active collision with each other, or a.
conflict avoided by a Republican surren—
der. Very much depends on the attitude
which the 13'. cpublican house will take
Tuesday when the report of its im :zatigat-
ing committee is made. The notion of the
house is looked forward to with the keen-
est anxiety all over the state.
It is understood that Morris will defer
sending in his message, as well as the
nomination of his staff, for two or three
days, at the end of which the pesition of
the house will be clear. There are: rumors
of a new and overt step by Bulkeley
age inst the Democratic state officers, but
ts precise character cannot be stated.
The Dilemxnn in the House.
The only thing which can defer or miti-
gate the crisis is some kind of an appeal
to the courts, which does not now seem
any more likely than heretofore. Even if
the courts were asked to face the matter
they would have so many complicated
questions to pass upon that they would
probably shrink from the case.
In the house the Republican dilemma is
perplexing one. It is utterly impossible
for it to defend on any legal or moral
grounds its failure to seat the minor state
oflicers, nor is it likely that the report of
the investigating committee will fail to
concede their election. But, on the other
hand, if these. officers are seated. it greatly
strengthens the hands of Morris and the
senate.
In 1;} mt case, if Morris should continue to
be recognized by the house ens trovernor, he
1v ould have on his side the senate and the
state (.ifllccrs against Bulkelcy and the
house on the other. kll the functions of
the minor stat-e chicers, us well as the
legislative and confirming power of the
senate, would be thrown in his favor.
A Rumor Denied.
For example ,:. bill passing the house
and sens-Jae w euld be sent to Morris for his
signature tlen to the Democratic secre-
tarv of 15:. .t- , who would hold it against
.L;l‘.ll.£'.i(‘-.‘ and re ceive no bills from him.
.Ln :1“ the important duties of the comp-
troller and treasurer only Morris would
b recognized.
Lynde llurrison,
H.
the foremost Repub-
lican n:::u:1_~cr in the state, has been
quoted 21.5 .<.'.:1yiu',r that the house was in
error ten days ago in not putting in the
minor Democratic state officers. But it
would undoubtedly have strengthened the
Democratic 1‘:ositiou..1:1teriully. W'iiat
greatly troubles the Republican leaders
now is whetl or they shull gi'. c the Demo-
cra‘. ; (his vantage or again refuse to sent
their minor olllccm in defiance of their un-
questioned majorilic: and of the state
constitution.
There is Republican authority for deny-
hit; the 1e purl; that That part3 ' intends to
try to 1. apt/.111: ”rt 1: joint legislative session
".:\ educ. May (to choo5c :1 senator) and de-
cl: ch Met .1 1.1 clec ted.
\‘fire Cutting Farmers.
’l‘num: HAUTE, Ind, Jan. 20. —The
l‘estrl Telegraph company ’ ,which has 1e-
cently 1:-:tende.lils lines from Indianapolis
to thi.v place, and is nearly ' into St. Louis,
is having considerable trouble in Clay
coun y, owing to a spirit of opposition on
the part of farmers, v. hose lands front on
the road along which the company has
strung its wires. The farmers claim that
the company’s men out limbs from the
trees when they were building the line,
and they have retaliated by cutting
down telegraph poles. Three miles this
side of Brazil a rope was thrown over the
wires, and a team of horses pulled on it
until the wires snapped in two. They
were restrung in a short time by men who
went out from here, and two watchmen
were left on the ground. The company’s
representatives say they have conclusive
proof in this instance, and will push the
case against the offenders to the full limit
of the law.
1111 (ex-Bank President Wanted.
\VACO. Tex, Jan. 20.—It has developed
that C‘ J. Miugs 5., ex-oresidcut of the Na-
tional bank of G" tesvxlle was short in his
accounts .sev eral thous and dollars. J. B.
Rob"istlie newly elected president, and
he has been 11 we r to straighten accounts
with correspondents here. The failure of
the Oklahoma Lumle 0" company involved
the bank for :1 larzre sum, and since then
Mings has disappeared and cannot be
found. ‘vVhat the Gatesville bank will lose
cannot. now be ascertained.
Sunday- The: 1tres in Columbus.
COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 2.-—For some rea-
son best known to the committee of the
Law and Order people, the project of clos-
in" “Build m, 11 metres was postponed until
next.;1'.l:1_v. In order to make the fight
interesting the saloon men will hold a
meeting to arrange a programme of boy-
cutting against all the members of the
Law: nd Order league prominent; in the
pending prosecutions.
They Shot, Down Five Nien.
HELENA, Mon, Jan. 20.——A dispatch
from Missouri says that Sheriff Houston
has just received word that live cmen were
shot (low 1 by tr. e masked men at \IcCar-
they 3. ille, a town on the Great Northern,
125 miles nortleast of Flat Head lake.
Depuly0‘5.l1<"iht Spranue has followed the
murderers forty —llv e miles to the eastward.
No more particulars can be learned at
present.
A City Swo )t by Fire.
DENVER, Jan. 2. ~—Disp2ilches received
here last night say that the city of Ala-
mesa was almost wiped out. by fire yester-
day. Most of the buildings in the town
are of wood, and when the'fire started a
high wind was blow mg. The flames spread
rapidly, and swep the main street from
end to end. The loss is very heavy.
Two Years for ”l'iurder.
Vixcnuxns, lad, Jun. 20.——After delib-
erating twenty hours the jury returned a
verdict, of guilty of manslaughter against
Richard Sheen, and fixed his sentence at
two year..- in prison. In 188:3 Stecn killed
Grant \Villiamsen.
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BLOODY \VORK IN CHICAGO.
Two Men Fatally Injured and a Dozen
Others iatlly Hurt.
‘CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—During a small riot
which took place at an early hour Monday
morning at the corner of Harrison and
' Clinton streets, two young men, Lawrence
Casey and Richard Caskens, received in-
juries from which they will undoubtedly
die, and over a. dozen others were badly
hurt. Casey and Caskens were driving
along Harrison street in a. buggy when
they encountered a. crowd of Greeks near
the corner of Clinton street.
The Greeks refused to get out of the
road of the horse and a violent altercation
ensued. The Greeks jumped up into the
buggy and attacked the young men with
knives. Caskens and Casey drew their
revolvers and fired right and left. The
Greeks, however, succeeded in wresting
away the revolvers, and it began to look
as if the young men would be killed out-
right, when the patrol wagon, loaded with
policc, dashed up.
When the infuriated and drunken Greeks
beheld the approach of the police they
rushed into a. house on the corner and
barricaded the door. Caskeus and Casey,
each having over a dozen wounds, were
picked up by the police and sent to the
hospital. Lieut. Cosgrove then prepared
to storm the dwelling in which the Greeks
had intrenched themselves.
A heavy scantliug was secured, and
amid the yells and howls of the Greeks the
officers battered down the door. A terri-
ble hand to hand struggle then took place
in the hall. It took just ten minutes,
however, to clean out the crowd, and
when the melee Was over eighteen Greeks,
stunned and bleeding from the police
clubs, were thrown into the patrol wagon
and taken off to the station.
A Remarkable Plot Unearthed.
LINCOLN, N eb., J an. 20 .—Three persons
are under arrest charged with complicity
in the recent murder of John Sheedy. They
are Mr. Sheedy’s widow, her lover and a
negro. It is said the latter made a confes-
sion in substance that Mrs. Sheedy hired
him to kill her husband. He was to be
paid $500 if he even succeeded in injuring
Sheedy so as to confine him to his bed.
He was also to receive $15,000 if death
was instantaneous or resulted from in-
juries inflicted. It is rumored Mrs. Sheedy
remarked, “If you layl .lllll. up in bed I’ll
do the rest.” The body of the murdered
man will be exhumed and examined by
experts.
Will Boycott the Road.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 20.—At :1 meeting of
representative operators of the Union
Pacific system in this city it was resolved:
That in asmueh as our brother operators
on the C. M.w St. P. railway are engaged
in a struggle to try and maintain living
wages, and whereas, it appears they are
being only partially successful, that we as
brother operators, who are in full sym-
pathy with their cause, agree to put a boy-
cott on the C. M. & St. P. railway, and
that no freight or tickets shall go via that
line that can be routed any other way.
Burned to a Crisp in an Explosion.
OMAHA, Nob, Jan. 20.—-Last night :1
tremendous explosion shook the buildings
at the corner of Twenty—first and Cum-
ming streets, and when the smoke cleared
away itwvas discovered that the old frame
building occupied by Klein 8: Speigel as a.
wholesale liquor store was completely de-
molished, with $12,000 worth of liquors.
In the debris the body of an unknown man
was found burned to :1. crisp. The cause
of the explosion is unknown.
Baron \Vissmanu Insane.
BERLIN, Jan. 20.—Lieut. Tiedemann,
who accompanied Dr. Peter’s expedition,
has received a. telegraphic dispatch from
Zanzibar which states that Baron \Viss-
menu, the German commissioner to East
Africa, has become insane.
The ‘Woather.
Southwesterly winds; slightly warmer.
FINANCIAL AND CODIIMERCIA L.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.
NEW YORK, Jan.19.——Money on call loaned
easy, ' at 3@4 per cent. Exchange steady; posted
rates, 34.85.13.403; actual rates, $4.84}[email protected]}§
for {sixty days and [email protected]}4 for demand.
Governments steady; currency, (is, 110 bid: 495s,
coupon, 103 bid; 4s, coupon, 1:20 bid.
The stock market was not so active this morn-
ing. New York and New England was the feat}
ure, and its price opened at 37, :1 decline of 4%;
per cent. from Saturday‘s closing figure. The
depression in the stock was due to the denial of
the consolidation rumors and the disclosure of
the forged contracts, by which Jay Gould and
Russell Sage were made to appear as having
turned over 95,030 shares of New York and New
England to President Clarke and four directors
of the New York and New Haven. The stock
further declined 1 per cent. in the early trading
to 36,:1ndthen reacted to 38%, at which point
the stock became stagnant. The rest of the list
was affected by the weakness of New York and
New England at the opening, and some stocks
declined fractionally, but the general market
soon cutleosc. and under the lead of Northern
Pacific preferred, Chicago Gas and St. Paul ad-
vauced %; to 1% per cent. in the last; half of the
opening hour. In the hour to noon the market
was extremely dull, and at: the close prices were
but' little changed from those current at; 11
o’clock. '
Closing prices:
U. S. Express....,. 69
0.. C. C. 8: I....... 63
N. Y. Central... . . . .102}Ǥ
Illinois Central. . . . .100
Northern Pacific... .273’
Do. pref ...... ——
CenLral Pacific...” 30
Union Pacific ....... 45
Missouri Pacific. . .. 65%
Texas Pacific. . . . . 15%,
Alton 8; 'l‘. 11...... :29
Canada Southern.. 5054
Canada. Pacific. .. . 75%
N. Y. &N. E....... 37%
Dél., L 6;: West. .137%
Erie ........... . . . . 20%
Lake Shore. . . . . . .10734
Northwest. . . . . . . .106%
Do. pref ..... . . . . .1395
Pacific Mail ....... 34543
Reading ..... .. 32%
St. 1"qu.. . . ....... 54%
Wabash ...... . . . . .
Bur. & Quincy.. ..
Ore. By 8: Nov...
Ore. 15‘; Trans.....
Rich. & Terminal. 18%;
Sugar Trust....... 77'
General Miarkets.
NEW YORK, Jan. 19,—FLOUR—Dull and Weak;
city mill extras, [email protected] for West Indies; Min-
nesota extra, [email protected]; fine, [email protected]; superfine,
new
WHEAT—Opened steady at Mo. decline, and
fell %c. more before gnoon, 5. when the market
was quiet but; steady; receipts, 22,800 bushels;
shipments, 48,554 bushels; No. 2 red winter,
[email protected]}Ǥ cash; do., May, 551.03%; do.. June,
151.01%: do., July, 97540.
CORN —Opened weak and continued weak
throughout the morning. At noon prices were
%c. lower; receipts, 33,800 bushels; shipments,
17,965 bushels; N o. :3 mixed, 60@66y4c. cash: do.,
May, 57%0.
OATS—D1111: receipts, 32.000 bushels: ship-
ments, 805 bushels; No. 2 mixed, 51}4@5l}§c.,
cash; (10., May, 50540.
PORK—Dull; mess, $511@12 for new.
LARD—Quiet; February, $6.12;'Ma5, $6.43.
MOLASSES—Quiet; New Orledns, 18@250.
TURPENTINE— Qdiet at 39@ 39340.
ROSIN—Dull; strained to good, 81. 40@1. 42y.
PETRO LE U M—D ull.
FREIGHTS—Quiet and unchanged.
BUTTER—Dull and weak; western creamery,
fancy, 27%;@230.
CHEESE~Firm but steady; western flat, 7%@
9%c.
ngGGsr—Srate, fresh, 27@2T}éc.; western, 263$.
RICE—Nominal. y
SUGAR—Refined firm; cut leaf and crushed,
6%; granulated, (use; mold A, 6 3-16c.
COFFEE—Spot lots steady; fair Rio cargoes.
19940.
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